Insular Destinies: Perspectives on the History and Politics of Modern Cyprus 8

In this collection, an eminent authority on the history of political thought and on the intellectual history of modern Hellenism employs his twin academic specializations in political science and in intellectual history to understand the intricacies of the historical experience of his native island. Writing in a perspective inspired by the work of Fernand Braudel, he attempts in a series of studies in cultural and social history to recover lost and overlooked aspects of the collective destinies of Cyprus and the Cypriot diaspora in the centuries of Ottoman rule, a period of critical significance for the survival of the people of the island. He then turns to a penetrating analysis of the politics of the Cyprus Question. The pertinent studies collected in this volume bear the imprint of the deep soul-searching by the younger generation of Cypriot scholars at the time of the tragedy of 1974 over what went so wrong that their country was exposed to foreign invasion, occupation and division. The hints at answers to these questions offered by the author’s interdisciplinary and critical treatment of the subject make this work an indispensable aid to anyone wishing to grasp the deeper antinomies and dilemmas immanent in the Cyprus Question. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of illustrations Foreword by Professor Robert Holland Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction PART ONE Culture and society on a captive island 1 Cyprus in history 2 Early modern Cypriot learning (1571–1878) The “lost renaissance” Intellectual life and diaspora The epigones of the diaspora Culture and society in the eighteenth century In the margins of the Enlightenment Cyprus between national centres Notes 3 The patriotism of the expatriates Notes 4 Repression and protest in traditional society: Cyprus 1764 Commentary Notes Appendix: The French Consul’s Report Notes 5 The anonymity of a prominent woman in eighteenth-century Cyprus Notes 6 A Moldavian connection to the introduction of the Enlightenment in Cyprus: the contribution of Archbishop Kyprianos (1810–1821) Notes 7 Cyprus in 1821: a report to the Levant Company and the layers of historical memory Notes 8 Collective consciousness and poetry: three moments in the literary tradition of modern Cyprus I. II. III. Notes PART TWO The politics of the Cyprus question 9 From coexistence to confrontation: the dynamics of ethnic conflict in Cyprus I. II. III. IV. V. Appendix Notes 10 Ethnic conflict in a strategic area: the case of Cyprus Introductory Dimensions of the latest tragedy The politics of ethnic conflict: from coexistence to segregation From legal arguments to attempts at conflict resolution: 1964–1974 Epilogue Postscript Notes 11 An unexplored case of political change Electoral politics before Independence, 1878–1960 Electoral politics in the Republic of Cyprus Notes 12 Political community in plural societies Notes 13 Relevance or irrelevance of nationalism?: a perspective from the Eastern Mediterranean Motivation An intellectual trajectory Three contexts Meanings of relevance Notes 14 Milestones in the historiography of the Cyprus question The Cyprus question in the 1930s The Cyprus question under the impact of World War II: the 1940s The decade of internationalization and the liberation struggle: the 1950s The 1960s: statehood and ethnic conflict The 1970s: tragedy and survival PART THREE Bibliographical and critical notes Study 1: “Cyprus in History”. Study 2: “Early Modern Cypriot Learning (1571–1878)”. Study 3: “The patriotism of the expatriates”. Study 4: “Repression and protest in traditional society: Cyprus 1764”. Study 5: “The anonymity of a prominent woman in eighteenth-century Cyprus”. Study 6: “A Moldavian connection to the introduction of the Enlightenment in Cyprus: the contribution of Archbishop Kyprianos (1810–1821)”. Study 7: “Cyprus in 1821: a report to the Levant Company and the layers of historical memory”. Study 8: “Collective consciousness and poetry: three moments in the literary tradition of modern Cyprus”. Study 9: “From Coexistence to Confrontation: The dynamics of ethnic conflict in Cyprus”. Study 10: “Ethnic Conflict in a Strategic Area”. Study 11: “An Unexplored Case of Political Change: A research note on the electoral history of Cyprus”. Study 12: “Political community in plural societies”. Study 13: “Relevance or irrelevance of nationalism? A perspective from the Eastern Mediterranean”. Study 14: “Milestones in the historiography of the Cyprus Question”. Index